Ministry of Education Ministère de l'Éducation

Early Years and Child Care Division de la petite enfance et

Division de la garde d’enfants

Mowat Block, 24th floor Édifice Mowat, 24e étage

900 Bay St. 900, rue Bay
Queen’s Park Queen’s Park
Toronto ON M7A 1L2 Toronto ON M7A 1L2

August 20, 2018

Dear Early Years and Child Care Partners,

I would like to thank you for your ongoing partnership and am pleased to provide you with a
child care update.

I am pleased to inform you that Consolidated Municipal Service Managers (CMSMs) and
District Social Services Administration Boards (DSSABs) have now received information on
updates to previous 2018 child care allocations and child care guidelines.

The updated allocations continue to provide important investments in the child care program,
including investments in the general allocation, child care expansion, base funding for licensed
home child care agencies, the Canada-Ontario Early Learning and Child Care Agreement
funding, Fee Stabilization Support funding, and ongoing Wage Enhancement/Home Child Care
Enhancement Grant (HCCEG) funding.

In addition, in response to feedback from partners, the Ministry has made several important
changes to the child care program.

Key changes to the child care program include:

 Prorating the child care expansion allocations to reflect the time remaining in 2018 for
service planning. The allocations are prorated for the period of September to December
2018.

 Removing the For Profit Maximum Threshold.

 Streamlining fee stabilization funding.

 Beginning in 2019, reducing administrative requirements for the Wage

Enhancement/Home Child Care Enhancement Grant.

Taken together, these changes will support more choice for families, remove barriers to
expansion in communities, and reduce red tape and administrative burden.

We recognize that your ongoing partnership is critical and we look forward to continuing to
work with you.

Shannon Fuller
Assistant Deputy Minister